Abstract
We measured the second-order correlation function of the cathodoluminescence intensity and investigated the Purcell effect by comparing the lifetimes of quantum emitters with and without metal structure. The increase in the electromagnetic local density of state due to the coupling of a quantum emitter with a plasmonic structure causes a shortening of the emitter lifetime, which is called the Purcell effect. Since the plasmon-enhanced electric field is confined well below the wavelength of light, the quantum emitter lifetime is changed in the nanoscale range. In this study, we combined cathodoluminescence in scanning (transmission) electron microscopy with Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometry to measure the Purcell effect with nanometer and nanosecond resolutions. We used nitrogen-vacancy centers contained in nanodiamonds as quantum emitters and compared their lifetime in different environments: on a thin SiO2 membrane, on a thick flat silver film, and embedded in a silver film. The lifetime reductions of nitrogen-vacancy centers were clearly observed in the samples with silver. We evaluated the lifetime by analytical calculation and numerical simulations and revealed the Purcell effects of emitters coupled to propagating and localized surface plasmons. This is the first experimental result showing the Purcell effect due to the coupling between nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds and surface plasmon polaritons with nanometer resolution.
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